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OUGHT TO BE A NICE DRESS
A press association dispatch from Newport, R. 1., says: "Miss Irene Sherman weds
Mr. Laura nee Gillespie, wearing the most expensive and elaborate wedding gown ever
seen in this country. It is princess style, of ivory satin and lace and cost $60,000."
It would be interesting to know the consensus of peoples' opinions on reading this
item.
Undoubtedly, some readers will say that any one putting $<>(),00<) into a gown is a fool.
Others will say that Irene is heartless to spend all that money on one dress when
there are so many poor people suffering about her.
Still others will say: "Good thing! There's a lot of foolish rich people's money gone
into circulation among the dressmakers, anyhow."
Some will envy Irene the possession of such a dress.
Rut how many will figure it out that they probably helped pay for that finery?
Of course, Irene never earned that dress. She either inherited the money with which
to buy it. or dad set up "the goods."
Ninety-five per cent of the people who flicker around Newport on fairy social wings
never earned a cent in their lives and would blush if accused of doing so. They are the
product of somebody's cinch on special privilege, which means that we ordinary peo
ple indirectly pay for the most expensive dresses and permit the Newport butterflies
to flutter around in them.
We've never been introduced to Papa W. AVatts Sherman, who may be the one who
was really soaked for Irene's gown, but the chances are large that he has a succulent,
productive connection with Standard Oil, the clothing, or meat, or biscuit, or tobacco, or
tin trust, or perhaps even with that extensive villainous trust through which dear
old Andrew Carnegie worked himself up to a state of philanthropy, religion and re
pentance.
Somewhere, somehow—it is pretty safe to say—the fellow who has daughters throw
ing on the "glad rags" at $60,000 per can be relied upon to have his pump working deep
in a condition that makes us commoners pay bonus on everything we eat, wear or
otherwise consume. So, forsooth, many of our readers may have an interest in this
"most expensive gown ever seen in this country."
Adolf Reads Osgar Quid ofder 'Olt Guart'
Boldly Accuses His Former
Frent of Trying to Wreck
der Party Mit Insurtchent
Victories in Four States—
Adolf Points Mit Prite to
Hiss Own Recort Vich
Hass Alvays Been Insist
ent, Votefer Site He Boltet
To—A Seething Derange
ment.
BY FRED SCHAEFER.
DU, OSCAR. DU SCHANDLOS
ER: I little beliefed yen I mate
your acquaintance dot I was vann
ing a snake in my bosom, but now
I know my chest protegtor hass
been a regular reptile house.
Far from ignoring your politigal
diatripes, I pushed dem unopened in
der vastebasket. But reading
drough der lines, id iss plain to my
face dot you are yon of dose insurt
chents. I'nd vorse, since you haf
let id be known to odders, such
states as Michigan, Wisconskin,
Vermouth und Neu. Hetupshire half
' turned on der hant dot fed dem und
bit id in der ankle.
You haf nod only been caught
revolting, but you are disgusting as
veil.
Mit dese few vorts I vill dis
chartch you from der "Olt Guart,"
preferencely ad der 6ame time as
der efening gun.
1 do nod like to see two kints
of republicans und two kints of
demogr:;ts. Ospecially yust yen we
wass beginning in conkress to haf
only yon kint of bote.
I haf alvays been a stright
party man, being usually vel
conied yen der party wass nod so
alright. Yen I wass a demograt I
in variously votet mit der demo
grat oxecutife comity. Und yen
I vas a republigan, I alvays votet
mit der republigan oxecutife
comity, no metter who put dem
dere.. l>ot iss vot I call insist
ency.
Der only time I efer dotcbed my
duty wass vonce yen I wass in der
probition party ofer Sunday. 1
paired my vote mit Carrie Nation,
tuss causing der defeat of John P.
St. John for bretzidend, becoss
Caroline voult haf votet for him.
But oddcrvise I always wass on
yon of der boys in der trenches yen
any city atminisdration tore up der
Streets yust before elegtion. Night
alter day haf I rolled up my pants
und vorked for party sugcess ver
efer id wass on tap. Vile odders,
such as you for instance, cheered
ATTEND TO THE
LITTLE THINGS
11 's the little things in life that count, and when
you neglect having a tooth filled simply because the
cavity was small and did not ache, you're going to
have big things on your hands soon.
Have your teeth examined at least twice a year for
safe! y's sake. Our prices are right.
Best
Rubber
Plate
(Guar
anteed)
RED CROSS DENTISTS
11-18 Galena Block, N. E. Cor. Post and Riverside.
Entrance on Post Street.
Walk 28 feet off Riverside and save dollars. Carman spoken.
"NIGHT AFTER DAY I HAF ROLLED UP MY PANTS UND
VORKED FOR PARTY SUCCESS YE REFER ID WASS ON TAP."
me on und carried instead of a
banner a petition to be appolntet
postmaster.
Und now you mock der "Olt
Guart" vich hass nursed you ad ids
cnib und been a Mutter Winslow to
you?
BAH!
Dreimal Bab!
Go, monster, Der "Olt Guart can
veil affort to lose you. (Look vot
it hass alreaty afford et.) As for me,
STEAMER PUEBLA
IN SHAPE AGAIN
(By United Press Leased Wire)
BELLIXGHAM, Wash., Sept. 20.
—After remaining in port nearly
six hours, subsequent to floating
from the Commercial Point reef,
where she grounded early yester
day morning, the steamship City of
Best
22 k.
Solid
Gold
Crown
$/VSO
$ 3' 50
a Plymouth Rock from ids roost
shall fly so soon as Ballinger und f.
Hoping you choke,
Puebla, Captain George M. John
son, left port for Seattle under her
own steam at 8:40 last night. When
leaving, it was reported she had 33
inches of water in her forward
hatch. Her cargo, comprising
nearly 800 tons of general mer
chandise, according to her officers,
was not seriously damaged.
THE KIMBALL
PIANO
IN COLLEGES
The significance of educational
institutions selectiug Kimball
pianos after long previous experi
ence with other makes is sufficient
proof of the enduring powers of the
Kimball and shows it as best
adapted to the exacting require
ments of constant use.
This enduring quality is supple
mented in a most delightful way by
a very fine tone and a perfection of
mechanism found only in pianos of
the highest order.
You can't make a mistake in pur
chasing a Kimball. All Kimball
pianos are good pianos and they
are sold by a house that always
puts the right price on its goods—
Eilers Music House are the exclusive
western distributors for the Kim
ball pianos, organs and pipe organs.
Kimball is only one of the many
prominent and famous makes we
handle. It will be worth your while
to Inspect our fall line of pianos
whether you are ready to purchase
or not.
Prices and terms to suit every
purse.
Temporary location during erection |
of new building, (
416-420 Sprague Avenue,
MANY FELL IN LOVE
WITH ORPHEUM DANCER
BY P. L. CARVER.
It is seldom indeed that Spokane
theater-goers have an opportunity
of seeing such a celebrity as Ija
Torajada, who appears at the Or
pheum this week in the sketch
written by her husband, entitled
"The Adventures of a Toreador."
She has a long list of royalty "who
have been charmed by her beauty
and versatility, among whom are
the Pope, whose blessing she prizes
above all, as she is an ardent cath
olic; the kaiser, who presented her
with a diamond brooch; the late
king of England, the czar of Rus
sia, the president of Venezuela,
and, of course, the king of Spain.
After having been left an orphan
at the age of 10, she prepared her
self for the stage by studying mu
sic at the censervatorv of Madrid.
MAXY—ED PAGE INSERT CUT
and dancing at the conservatory of
Seville. She made her debut at
Madrid, where the populace liter
ally went wild over her.
Her beauty has placed her In
many embarrassing and even dan
gerous situations, an dshe has un
consciously broken many hearts on
the continent. I was aware of tills
and asked her if she had any simi
lar experiences in America.
"Oh, yes," she said. "In New
York. Shall I tell him?" turning
to her husband.
"Yes, tell him for the paper," he
replied. Here she described witli
her delightful Spanish accent the
scene in her room at New York.
"I was in my dressing room, the
door was open, when all at once a
TWO-MINUTE VAUDEVILLE
BY FRED SCHAEFER.
THUD—Yfeu look weary. What ails you?
SLAP —I'm all tired out. My wife did four washings this week.
THUD —But how should that affect you? You don't labor, do you?
SLAP —Sure, I do. I labor under the impression she could do five
a week, if she tried.
THl'D—Aren't you ashamed to have your wife take in washing?
SLAP —No, I ain't. It's much nicer for the children for her to take
in than go out to do it.
THUD —I've got a lot of contempt for a man like you who makes his
wife support him. You'll never see the day my wife works to support me.
SLAP —How do you know?
THUD —Oh, I know. I've dared her to, a hundred times.
SLAP —Well, I'd support my wife, too, but if I did her relations might
come to live with me.
THUD —I presume it is much more congenial as it Is?
SLAP—Certainly. As it is, we're living with them.
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ACTUAL BUSINESS BOOKKEEPING
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We give personal instruction.
man rushed in. He was so excited*
and he look like he crazy. He
come in and shut the door, so."
She was badly frightened and re
treating to the farthest corner of
the room she asked him what he
wanted.
"'I love you, I love you,'" he
cry and 1 say, 'Oh, thank you, you
vaire kind, but you must go.' 'No,
no,' he say, 'I love you too much.
I kill you and then kill myself,'
and he reach for his gun." He
seized her by the arm and here she
gave such a realistic representa
tion in pantomime of the scene in
all its dramatic intensity that I al
most felt as if I were a witness of
the reality. "I cry police! police!
and then he run out the door."
The man was imprisoned and she
afterwards received a letter from
him, saying that he would commit
suicide.
At another time in Chicago, a de
tective was the unfortunate victim
During the three weeks that she
played there he never missed a per
formance, sending her enormous
bouquets of roses in advance. .
"Do you like America?" I asked.
"It is fine," she said, bestowing
one of her ravishing smiles. "I
like America, the people are so
quiet and refined and when I am
on the train, when they learn 1
can't speak vaire good English they
are so kind to me. I like the
American girls; they are beautiful
and so, what you call it, so bright
and warm, not like English girls,
so cold, and the Americans they
have the brains, the Intelligence."
(Ebttorial $age
••0
♦ PRETTY HATS REMINDER ♦
♦ OF TRAGEDY. ♦
♦ TACOMA, Sept. 20.—Two ♦
♦ jounty red turbans in the prop- ♦
♦ erty room at police headquar- ♦
♦ters, mute reminders of the re- ♦
♦ cent automobile smashup ♦
♦ which cost Ed H. Perry and ♦
♦ Miss Gertrude Kirkman their ♦
♦ lives, are being held by the ♦
♦ police until claimed by the ♦
♦ relatives of the two girls who ♦
I ♦ participated in the death ride. ♦
♦ The remains of Miss Kirkman ♦
: ♦ are to be interred at Walla ♦
♦ Walla Monday. Mrs. Pearl Ray- ♦
i ♦ mond remains in a critical con- ♦
! ♦ dition at Fannie Paddock hos- ♦
j ♦ pital and physicians hold out ♦
♦ but little hope for her recovery ♦
♦ unless she gets stronger within ♦
♦ the next few days. ♦
FATALLY HURT TRYING
TO RESCUE HER
PET DOG
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20.—
Miss Karen Peterson, said to
be a sister of a well known
prima donna, is near death to
day because she tried to rescue
her pet fox terrier, which had
fallen from a street car.
Miss Peterson was seated in
an open end of the car when
the little animal struggled from
her arms and fell to the street.
Without waiting for the car to
stop she rushed to the steps
and leaped. Her head struck
the asphalt pavement, causing
a fracture of the skull.
According to the physicians
of the Good Samaritan hospi
tal, where she was taken, her
chances for recovery are slight.
PEMCIL FOIMTS
Strange, this sudden interest of the railways and bre very interests
in the commission form of government.
ft ■ A m * A *
Under Japan's rule Korea's emperor will be called The Whang.
Lenient rule. .Japan might have made it The Whanged.
So many innocent bystanders are being shot in street rows In Dallas
that they're thinking of disarming even the editors.
Judging by the noise made over Teddy's mention of Taft, the two
gentlemen had never been formally Introduced to each other.
A lot of new apartment houses are going up, but couples with chil
dren have just the same difficulty in getting into those apartments.
Clad In red tights, a lady balloonist dropped into Rockefeller's yard
at Cleveland. But the private watchman got her outside before he
saw her.
Fortify that canal? Well, Mr. John Bull, we should say so. We'll
build it, run it and fortify it to the queen's tuste, and don't you forget it!
Sic 'em, Teddy!
Portland, Ore., man's got up a perpetual motion machine. Ran
11 days and would be running yet if it hadn't broken down. Resembles
old Joe Cannon some.
San Francisco's all a-flutter over a visit from Princess Wahlkaa
huula Kawarianakoa of Hawaii. She was once Abigail Campbell, daugh
ter of old Jim Campbell, sugar raiser. But she married a fellow with
all the aaaauuuu business about him.
Local street car magnates say they may have to raise the price of
car rides from five to six or seven cents. How does that strike you,
Mr. Citizen? It's probable that citizens generally would rise to make
a few remarks before the plan was put into oporatioln.
What Other Store Would Sell
Real French Net Curtains So Low?
WE ordered, three months ago, this entire stock of beautiful French
net curtains. When they came to us there was one business con
dition with which the manufacturers had not complied. The result
was that we got the curtains at almost a third less than their whole
sale value. As a result you may choose from
Forty-One Patterns—a Thousand Curtains—
at About ONE THIRD Less Than
Their Prices Would Have Been!
No better French net is put into curtains than you will find among
these. It is extra heavy, imported net, "gassed" to take away the
cloudy look of the cheaper domestic goods. The Renaissance work
and the motifs with which the curtains are trimmed, are most beau
tifully executed, and the patterns include novelty Savoy, linou Cluny,
Nubian point, French Renaissance and French Lacet Arabian. We know
you have never seen real French net curtains of these qualities, selling
at prices so low, before. Every price in this list is about one-third under
what you would have paid under other circumstances.
$1.75 $2 $2.25 $2.50 $2.75
$3 $3.25 $3.50 $3.75 $4
$4.50 $5 $5.50 $6 $7
Published every evening by the Spokane Newspaper Co, Telegraph
service furnished by United Press. ,
11G Division Street. .. I >J§
Entered at Spokane, Wash., as Second Class Matter.
Telephones—Business, 375; Editorial, 376.
THE PRESS DELIVERED—By carrier, 25 cents per month. By mail,
payable in advance: One month, 25c; 6 months, 91.60] one year, $2.50.
Too many grownups doubt that story about Cinderella,
her tiny slipper and the handsome prince and all that.
Just to show how true it all was we cite the case of Miss
Mildred Mermelstein of New York city.
Some time in the recent past Miss Mildred, returning
from a dance, lost her slipper (tiny, etc.) on the street car
—it falling off her dainty tootsie just as she was alighting,
and the horrid conductor —probably in league with Cupid
—refused to kick the little bit of footwear off.
Next, the handsome prince, name Samuel Newman, also
of the world's second greatest city, found the slipper, and
recognizing immediately that such a small slipper mufly
belong to a remarkably pretty girl—just like the olden
time prince argued—set out to find his Cinderella.
He did. A want ad helped him. It fitted exactly tho
tootsie of the bashful miss.
A New York jeweler has sold another diamond ring,
the preacher is ready, the furniture man has been seen,
and Cinderella and her enraptured prince are awaiting
the happy day.
A POPULAR FELLOW
"That young Blinks has quite a drag with the girls."
"Yes, that's because he takes them out driving in It."
319-21-23 Riverside Avenue 820-22 24 Bprague Avenue
Spokane, Washington
Sept. 20, 1910
Cinderella Story Is True
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Nothing better in dentistry. We
have found out we are making the
highest grade of teeth in Spokane.
Best Gold Crown $5.00
Best Bridgework $5.00
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